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Table 2
Caregiver characteristics by distance from care receiver

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  Same neighbourhood † Surrounding neighbourhood or community (less than one hour by car) Between one hour and less than a half day’s journey by car More than a half day’s journey by car
percentage
Education level
University 28 30 38* 61*
Other postsecondary 38 42 43 28*
High school diploma or less 34 28* 18* 11E*
Area of residence
Greater census metropolitan areas (CMA) 35 46* 52* 58*
Other census metropolitan areas 25 23 19* 14E*
Census agglomerations 18 13* 13* 10E*
Outside of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations 22 18 17* 17E
Employment status
Paid employment or self-employed 73 70 73 76
Retired 16 18 16 19E
Without paid employment 11 12 11 6E*
Household revenue
Less than $40,000 17 15 14 7E*
$40,000 to $79,999 34 37 30 28
$80,000 or more 49 48 56 64*
Presence of children in the home
None 51 54 50 62*
One child or more 49 46 50 38*
Number of siblings still living
None or one 23 23 24 33*
Two or three 41 44 46 45
Four or more 36 33 30* 22*
Type of help given to the parent
Transportation, shopping, banking or paying bills 86 83 78* 79*
Meals, dishwashing, house cleaning, laundry and sewing 46 44 49 60*
Housekeeping or outdoor chores 46 41 50 48
Help with personal care 28 27 33 38*
Help with treatment and medical care 21 17 21 26
Assist with co-ordination of health care needs 44 46 42 49
Living with the care receiver 2E 3E 3E 8E*
Number of hours allocated per week to caregiving
Four or fewer hours 57 61 61* 58
5 to 9 hours 20 19 18 13E*
10 to 14 hours 10 10 8E 9E*
15 hours or more 12 11 11E 21*
Frequency of caregiving
Everyday 23 7* 4E* 8E*
At least once a week 70 72 40* 7E*
Once a month or less 7 20* 56* 85*
Professional help with caregiving (government or paid employee)
No help 73 71 65* 52*
Fewer than 5 hours per week 15 16 17 20E
More than 5 hours per week 12 13 18* 28*
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2007.
Date Modified: 2010-01-26

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